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Historical Event on 9/30/1996
Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1976 | The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth. |
| 11/19/2000 | The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress. |
| 5/17/1916 | Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore. |
| 10/28/1867 | Swami Vivekanand Sister Nivedita, great freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician, was born at Dunganon in Ireland. |
| 11/18/1937 | Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22), was born in Delhi. |
| 5/7/1990 | Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act. |
| 9/12/1922 | Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away. |
| 2/19/1855 | U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born. |
| 4/17/1996 | Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court. |
| 9/27/1958 | Mihir Sen becomes the first Indian to cross the English Channel from Dover to Calais. |
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